ArticleGlobal spine journal2018
Surgical Site Infection in Spine Surgery: Who Is at Risk?
Article in Global spine journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Irrigation techniques used in spine surgery for surgical site infection prophylaxis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Pooled it
- Wound healing after intracutaneous vs. staple-assisted skin closure in lumbar, non-instrumented spine surgery: a multicenter prospective randomized trial.Acta neurochirurgica · 2024Trial
- Minimally Invasive Stabilization Versus Open Surgery for Spinal Metastases: A Retrospective Study Utilizing Propensity Score Matching and Weighting Sensitivity Analyses.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Risk factors for treatment failure of surgical site deep infections following spinal instrumentation: multicentre observational study (DeFEndO study).Journal of bone and joint infection · 2026Article
- Airborne particle dynamics during draping of a surgical microscope versus an exoscope in spinal surgery: A prospective comparative study.Surgical neurology international · 2026Article
- Modified subcutaneous lumbar spine index (MSLSI): a new predictor for early surgical site infection after transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Modulation of Surgical Site Infection Risk in Spinal and Thoracic Surgeries Through Operative Parameters: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Novel citrate-based wound irrigation system disrupting biofilms and preventing orthopaedic surgery infections: technique guide and systematic review.Journal of spine surgery (Hong Kong) · 2025Review
- Predicting Surgical Site Infection after Lumbar Laminectomy and Discectomy: A Cutting-edge Algorithmic Approach by Incorporating Ensembled Stacking into the Current State-of-the-art for Automated Machine Learning.Neurosurgical review · 2025Article
- Prophylactic Antibiotics in Vertebroplasty and Kyphoplasty: A Nationwide Analysis of Infection Rates and Antibiotic Use in South Korea.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Late Complications and Adverse Events in Adult Deformity Surgery: A Narrative Review of Event Types, Prevalence, and Information Gaps.Global spine journal · 2025Article
- Unilateral Biportal Endoscopic Discectomy (UBE) Versus Percutaneous Endoscopic Lumbar Discectomy (PELD) for Treating Lumbar Disc Herniation in Obese Patients: A Retrospective Study.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025Article
- Prevention and Management of Posterior Wound Complications Following Oncologic Spine Surgery: Narrative Review of Available Evidence and Proposed Clinical Decision-Making Algorithm.Global spine journal · 2025Article
- Risk of Surgical Site Infection in Posterior Spine Surgery Using Different Closing Techniques: A Retrospective Study of Two Neurosurgical Centers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Risk analysis index predicts mortality and non-home discharge following posterior lumbar interbody fusion: a nationwide inpatient sample analysis of 429,380 patients (2019-2020).European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2024Article
- Does hydrogen peroxide help mitigate the incidence ofNorth American Spine Society journal · 2024Article
- Post-operative antibiotic prophylaxis in spine surgery patients with thoracolumbar drains: A meta analysis.World neurosurgery: X · 2024Article
- Subcutaneous Lumbar Spine Index (SLSI) as a Risk Factor for Surgical Site Infection After Lumbar Fusion Surgery: A Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study.Global spine journal · 2024Article
- Review
- Relationship Between Types of Warming Devices and Surgical Site Infection in Patients Who Underwent Posterior Fusion Surgery Based on National Data.Neurospine · 2023Article
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Abstract
STUDY
designRetrospective literature review of spine surgical site infection (SSI).
objectiveTo perform a review of SSI risk factors and more specifically, categorize them into patient and surgical factors.
methodsA review of published literature on SSI risk factors in adult spine surgery was performed. We included studies that reported risk factors for SSI in adult spinal surgery. Excluded are pediatric patient populations, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses. Overall, we identified 72 cohort studies, 1 controlled-cohort study, 1 matched-cohort study, 1 matched-paired cohort study, 12 case-controlled studies (CCS), 6 case series, and 1 cross-sectional study.
resultsPatient-associated risk factors-diabetes mellitus, obesity (body mass index >35 kg/m
conclusionSSIs are associated with many risk factors that can be patient or surgically related. Our review was able to identify important modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors that can be essential in surgical planning and discussion with patients.
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